An Action on Gender Equality: Educational Practices for Primary School Students in Turkey

Ece Yolcu; Mediha Sarı

Makale detayları

An Action on Gender Equality: Educational Practices for Primary School Students in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Ece Yolcu | Mediha Sarı

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.1-28

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310624

pISSN:

2146-4014

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Traditional gender roles are transferred to the children in many ways and this makes it difficult to ensure gender equality. Starting from the problem regarding the sensitivity of students for gender equality in a public school, the aim of this study was to enhance the sensitivity of fourth grade students in a primary school towards gender equality and to examine this development process through the prepared teaching process. The research design was action research and the participants were 32 fourth graders in a primary school in Adana, Turkey. The data collection tools were, Awareness For Gender Equality Form TCE-FF, semi-structured interview forms, class observations, researcher diary, self-assessmentcourse evaluation forms and observer evaluation forms. In order to analyze the data, inductive and deductive content analyses, descriptive analysis and constant comparative analysis were used. Findings showed that students enhance their way of defining sexes, gender and gender equality, they put forward many indicators of inequalities and equalities in the right way, they have a better understanding of the contributions of equality and they brought about many suggestions for providing gender equality. These results imply that educational practices could be a part of the solution regarding the struggle against gender inequality.

 Traditional gender roles are transferred to the children in many ways and this makes it difficult to ensure gender equality. Starting from the problem regarding the sensitivity of students for gender equality in a public school, the aim of this study was to enhance the sensitivity of fourth grade students in a primary school towards gender equality and to examine this development process through the prepared teaching process. The research design was action research and the participants were 32 fourth graders in a primary school in Adana, Turkey. The data collection tools were, Awareness For Gender Equality Form TCE-FF, semi-structured interview forms, class observations, researcher diary, self-assessmentcourse evaluation forms and observer evaluation forms. In order to analyze the data, inductive and deductive content analyses, descriptive analysis and constant comparative analysis were used. Findings showed that students enhance their way of defining sexes, gender and gender equality, they put forward many indicators of inequalities and equalities in the right way, they have a better understanding of the contributions of equality and they brought about many suggestions for providing gender equality. These results imply that educational practices could be a part of the solution regarding the struggle against gender inequality.

 Traditional gender roles are transferred to the children in many ways and this makes it difficult to ensure gender equality. Starting from the problem regarding the sensitivity of students for gender equality in a public school, the aim of this study was to enhance the sensitivity of fourth grade students in a primary school towards gender equality and to examine this development process through the prepared teaching process. The research design was action research and the participants were 32 fourth graders in a primary school in Adana, Turkey. The data collection tools were, Awareness For Gender Equality Form TCE-FF, semi-structured interview forms, class observations, researcher diary, self-assessmentcourse evaluation forms and observer evaluation forms. In order to analyze the data, inductive and deductive content analyses, descriptive analysis and constant comparative analysis were used. Findings showed that students enhance their way of defining sexes, gender and gender equality, they put forward many indicators of inequalities and equalities in the right way, they have a better understanding of the contributions of equality and they brought about many suggestions for providing gender equality. These results imply that educational practices could be a part of the solution regarding the struggle against gender inequality.

 Geleneksel toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri çocuklara birçok şekilde aktarılmakta ve bu durum toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğinin sağlanmasını zorlaştırmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, bir devlet okulundaki öğrencilerin toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğine yönelik duyarlılıklarına ilişkin sorundan yola çıkarak, bir ilkokul dördüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğine yönelik duyarlılıklarını artırmak ve bu gelişim sürecini hazırlanan öğretim süreci üzerinden incelemektir. Araştırmanın deseni eylem araştırması olup, katılımcıları Adana ilinde bir ilköğretim okulunda öğrenim gören 32 dördüncü sınıf öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama araçları Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliğine Yönelik Farkındalık Belirleme Formu TCE-FF, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formları, sınıf gözlemleri, araştırmacı günlüğü, öz değerlendirmeders değerlendirme formları ve gözlemci değerlendirme formlarıdır. Verilerin analizinde tümevarım ve tümdengelim içerik analizleri, betimsel analiz ve sürekli karşılaştırmalı analiz kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, öğrencilerin cinsiyeti, toplumsal cinsiyeti ve toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğini tanımlama biçimlerini geliştirdiğini, eşitsizlik ve eşitliklere ilişkin birçok göstergeyi doğru bir şekilde ortaya koyduklarını, eşitliğin katkılarını daha iyi anladıklarını ve toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğinin sağlanmasına yönelik pek çok öneri getirdiklerini göstermiştir. Bu sonuçlar, toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliği ile mücadelede eğitim uygulamalarının çözümün bir parçası olabileceğine işaret etmektedir.

Makale detayları

An Action on Gender Equality: Educational Practices for Primary School Students in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Ece Yolcu | Mediha Sarı

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.1-28

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310624

pISSN:

2146-4014

action research

equality education

gender equality

fourth graders

teaching for gender equalityeylem araştırması

eşitlik eğitimi

toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği

ilkokul 4. sınıflar

toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği eğitimi

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ece Yolcu | Mediha Sarı

Yayıncı: Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar: Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi: Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.1-28

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001310624

pISSN: 2146-4014

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ece Yolcu | Mediha Sarı

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.1-28

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310624

pISSN:

2146-4014